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Show WIJIPLY A lttETIOSf. Laughter is better than crying. That's what the humorist say, Living ii better than dying- Breathing the essence of May, For the inn ii tome where shining-, O'er the brooding clouds inclining, And these have their silver lining, Gleaming through the gray. Singing i better thau sighing; Hark to the birds on the trees Thro' the green foliage flying. Saucily perched at their case. Nestiiug in rigorous weather. Sung from the pitiless blast, Sailing as lithe as a feather. When the winter is past. Jesting is better than crooking. Fun has a license to stay ; Laugh at the mouutebank joking. Short in his shrift and hissway. Time pipes up a rousing measure, And we'll join in the dance ; Youth and age taste goodly pleasure, As they caper or advance. A TALE OF CASAPAIS. JQHEPIUS'K BROWNE "We look before and after, And pint for what is not; Our ituoerest laughter with Some pain Is fraught. Our sweetest songs are those That tell of saddest thought." Sang Mary Browne, as she run into the house from the garden . She had a large bunch of chrysanthemums, which she had cut for the dining-room. Putting them in their accustomed place, she went into her mother's room saying, Mother mine, I am going down to Janie's for awhile to cheer her up a bit, and to loan her Louise Anderson's 'Stories and Sketches.' " "Verv well," replied Mrs. Browne. "Be sure and return home early. Your father told me this morning that Her bert Bruce was at the Jackson's for a week. He will bring him home to din ner this evening, if he is not otherwise engaged." Saving she would not be away very Mirir was soon on her way to Janet Morrison's. The Browne and Morrisons had been friends of many years. Mary and Janet had been bosom friends from babyhood. Janet was the older, Mary being one year younger. Janet had sprained her ankle badly, so she was to be housed for an unknown length of time. Mary and she had been out to the park a few days before on their wheels. On their return home Janet's bicycle and a stone unseen collided col-lided and this accident was the result. When Mary arrived at the Morrisons' she found Eleanor Jackson there. She had called on Janet to Invite her to her home the following Friday evening to meet Herbert Bruce of the Globe, who, she informed her would be with them for the week only. "And 1 cannot come," Janet was saying say-ing a Mary entered the room. "Oh, Mary," they both exclaimed, "isn't this just too dreadful for anything?" After being told the cause of all their exclamations ex-clamations she agreed with them, "that it was just too mean for anything. "But what can't he cured must be endured," en-dured," said Janet. "Now girls," said Mary, "I have an idea. Herbert Bruce may dine with us tonight, and If his highness attends, I will tell him all about my invalld'friend, I will get him' so interested in Miss Janet Morrison that she shall see this living genius before the week ends. And who can tell the result of this accident after all. Here's a book of such interesting matter that it will make you forget for a while this unfortunate sprained ankle." The girls spent an hour chatting as only girls can. Mary happening to look at the clock as it was striking four times, jumped up, saying, "Well, I can't be with you always, my dears. My little mother needs her daughter very soon. So, adieu, until we meet again." Mr. Herbert Bruce, who had been so much talked about this afternoon had come down from Mil wood to spend a week's vacation at the Jacksons. He was an artist employed on the Globe, th l-mlintr naner of Millwood. He , n , i was an ambitious young man, hoping in time to make a name for himself. These young ladies had seen his sketches in the paper and were very anxious to meet the voung artist. Marv's mother had been an invalid many years. Much depended on Miss Marv, a one can readily Imagine. Her mother's sweet, gentle ways, made her friends. And an afternoon with Mrs Browne was an occasion always looked forward to. On her return home, Mary found Her bert Bruce there entertaining her moth er. He was showing her some of his .ketches he had made while at the "Elms," the Jacksons' home. After Introducing the joung people Mrs. Browne said, "Mary, I have been talking to Mr. Bruce about Janet and vov. He has one of his own, and can sympathize with Miss Janle for he was - kept in many days for the samf kind of a mishap." "Is that so," replied Mary. "O, girls felt so badly this afternoon, Janet of course, cannot be at Mrs. Jackson Friday night. We think our last ride on our wheels was an unfottinate affair in many ways-" "Weil It ii too bad," replied Mr, Bruce 1 wanted to see Miss Morr'son very much, Miss Jackson tells me she paints in oil, is quite an adept In that line. But as mv stay in Casapias Is limited I fear that pleasure will have to be deferred." Mary said In reply, "Janet would be so pleased to meet you. She has noticed your sketches in the Globe. I wonder if it couldn't be arranged iu some way. Of course, you must know, Mr. Bruce, that I have to see my friend Janet every dav now that she Is a prisoner, and if you like, we will waive Jceremony and call upon her, Thursday afternoon. I want you two to meet, you hav e ,onuich in common." Mr. Bruce readily agreed to call wlt.i Miss Browne on herjfrlend the follow ing day. Mr. Browne soon joined the group in his wife's room. My dear daughter," said he, "here is a clipping 1 cut from the Express and have brought It home to you." Mary took the bit of paper and read the contents aloud, "Mr. and Mrs. VVooil of Haliowell.both of whom are past 6o yars of age, rode into Carthage, last Saturday evening on bicycies, having come the entire distance of over loo miles on their wheels. They were en mute to Mission Canon and Monday morning resumed their journey to that famous resort. They didn't semi to mind the prospect of being caught in the mountains in a snowstorm. the lady says she has only been riding her bicycle a few months, but that she is much stronger than she has been for years. She wore the regulation bloomer costume." Well! Well!" said Mrs. Browne, "Mr. and Mrs. Wood must be renewing their youth." Mr. Bruce asked for the clipping to send to his mother, who had no use for bicycles for ladies. After dinner, Mr. Brucej showed Mary scenes of his last work on the Globe. She was very much interested inter-ested in one, particularly, five girls in bloomercostume and their wheels, which Mr. Bruce begged Mary to accept. Thursday afternoon found Mr. Bruce and Miss Mary Brown on their way to call on her friend, Janet Morrison. When they arrived they were grati fied to find tnat Miss Morrison was "at home" to them. When they entered the sitting room, where Janet was cosily esconed, what was Mary's surprise tost -e Janet turn pale and Mr. Bruce start forward. for-ward. "Why!" she said, Immediately, "what is the matter with you two? It Is very evident you have met somewhere in this wide world before, Please tx plain one of you, if you can" Janet was the first to come to her senses. sen-ses. "I have met Mr. Herbert Grey before be-fore at Marius, where we spent our summers sum-mers for two years. But there was a misunderstanding, and we have not met for a year." "Mr. Bruce stepped toward Mary, and said, "beeulne your pardon, Miss Browne for this little deception, I will I if you will allow me, explain to you j what concerns me in this affair. My ! father, Mr. Grey died many years aa. j I do not remember him at all. A few years ago my mother met Mr. Chas. Bruce and became his wife. As Mr. Bruce has indeed been a father to me.my name is Bruce henceforth. I was more than anxious to meet Miss Morrison and explain away our misunderstanding Diseases of Poultry. tl- WnnM NMll ft U filnnnar I'm rld t TlPSl" My you have such a good appetite. j It will never pay to attempt to Mr. Newboarder (about to take his j cure a sick chicken. If fowls are first meal, and much pleased at the j , .helter.d from prospectl-Landladie. generally fear , i - a (rood appetite. Mrs. Skinner I dont; when a man has a good appetite ha can eat almost anything. Puck. The Rival Singer. Mr. Ricbfello That was a neatspeech Muss Soprano made at the charity concert con-cert last night, when a brute in the audience hissed her. I wonder how she could think of ao many bright j things all at once. Miss Contralto Oh, she's made that speech hundreds of times. N. Y. Weekly. .. What I.frd Cp to the Fight. Orinnen You would hardly believe It, but since 1 began taking a swimming swim-ming bath at the natatorium once a day I have run my weight down from two hundred and seven pounds to one hundred hun-dred and ninety-three. Barrett I can easily believe it. You use soap. Chicago Tribune. Bow She Fooled Mamma. Marie Anybody has got to get up early in the morning to fool mamma. Cholly-Yas? Marie Yes, but once in awhile I fool her. Cholly How so? Marie I ait up all night Brooklyn Eagle. tegaclty. "I thought you said this herse yon old me was an intelligent, reliable animal." an-imal." "it is." "Why, it tries to get over the fence every time it sees a girl in bloomers." "Yes. That's what shows its intelligence." intelli-gence." Washington Star. Satisfactory. Saidso I've got my will so there will be no contest. Herdso How? Saidso I've left the property to my heirs, but in trust for my lawyers. N. Y. World. A Good Thing to Hit On. tT all dread, in truth, the bent-over youth Who goes by with a scorch and a swoop: Let ui firmly unite und with all of our might Sit down on the bicycle stoop. U A. W. Bulletin storm and not overfed, have proper soft and green food, plentiful supply sup-ply of clean water, they will remain re-main free from disease, unless affected af-fected by the introduction of strange birds. When diseases does occur oc-cur among xur fowls it may be ascribed to different causes variable varia-ble climate, dampness and cold, injudicious in-judicious feeding and illventilated rooming houses. An authority on poultry raising says, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." A general rule Is that it does not pay to attempt to cure a sick chicken. The better plan, un less the bird be a very valuable one, is to kill it rarely does the attempt to cure oav. A diseased fowl is never treated kindly by its healthy companions, and furthermore, as most diseases are highly contagious, they are liable to become contaminated contami-nated and instead of one sick fowl EXPERIMENT STATION. Extracts From Bulletin No. 40 Agricultural Agri-cultural College of Utah. "There is a belief current, especially es-pecially I think, that by half starving starv-ing an animal it will make a krge frame, which puts it in good condition, condi-tion, or rather form, for laying on fat very rapidly thereafter. It is further held that the coarse feeds are especially valuable in this direction. di-rection. It has generally been thought best, also, to delay the slaughtering of the hog until he dressed from 400 to 500 pounds. As to the first suggestion, that, namely, of allowing time for build ing the frame before fattening, it does not appear that there is any good foundation in reason for the belief that by partial starvation there will be developed a greater portion of frame, bone, than by sufficient food from the beginning, if the same kinds of feeds are used in each case. As a matter of fact, the ob servations on this point did not up hold the belief in this respect. The phate and a large, amount of potash pot-ash should be selected.. Potash in the form of sulphate is best. Seed In cutting potatoes for seed, regard should be had to the size of the piece rather than to the number of eyes. A single eye is sufficient, if it has large backing. If seed is near the value of the ex pected crop, large pieces of from three to four ounces are recommended. recom-mended. Small potatoes, if used, should not be cut. Planting The time for planting will depend upon the soil and climate, which, with the selection of the best varieties, must depend upon the judgment and experience of the farmer himself. Cultivation Harrowing with a drag or overturned harrow, as soon as the sprouts appear above ground, will destroy weeds which have been started and assist in the growth of the potato. U,ro ijJi1p flru-lc Tf it is not f.. -n. A-nnm nf it should second supposition, that the coarse ... j feed may develop a larger frame most certainly be removed from the ... 4 flock and confined by itself for treat ment, thus avoiding any spread of disease endangering the health of others. TRITE CANDOR. HI ti Miss Homeleigh I think I shall have my portrait painted. Miss Patterson Why don't you have some photographs taken? They are much cheaper. But perhaps you don't want a likeness. Truth. ' If I could. We were warm friends not so very long ago, but through mutual so-called friends we separajed one sum mer at Marius, each thinking the other was to blame. So if" Excuse me tor a moment both of ou," said Mary, quickly, "I heard your mother calling me, Janie. 1 will be back in ten minutes." Marv flitted out of the room to hunt her. When she returned to the sitting room the picture that met her gaze would not appear In the Globe. Reflected (jlory. Chimmy Vot's der matter wid Reddy Smith? He's so stuck up he hardly speaks to anybody. Tommy Why. didn't you hear? His Uncle Hill broke out of the penitentiary peniten-tiary last night. Puok. His Satisfactory Explanation. 'Johnny, Willie says you threw him down and jumped ou him with both feet?" i "Well, ma, I was just playin'." "What sort of play do you call that?" 'Football." Chii .iiro Keeofd. rit'nty tiooil Kihmis;Ii. freetop I want to gvt a few teeth pulled . if you ain't to 1 u'i-tired busy. Dentist Will ou taUo gas? Tree top Nope; kerosene is good nough for me. N. Y World. seems quite reasonable, for such foods would be very likely to keep the stomach aud intestines filled.and thereby increase their capacity thus influencing the subsequent ap petite and digestion. As to the question of coarse food or the part starvation period making or rather laying the foundation for a larger hog, it is probably true that such is the case with the coarse food but very questionable in regard to the other. The question of economic mportance to be considered resolves itself into Is the large hog necessary neces-sary or desirable." "Some farmers complain that we tell in the bulletins what we accomplish, accom-plish, but do not tell how they can bring about the same result. While it is true, in the bulletin, we tell how we do it, we presume in the belief that following the instruct ions here given the farmers may obtain the same or similar results. It has been shown in this bulletin, for example, that exercise alone is very important that when exercise is combined with pasture the results re-sults are more satisfactory. In the experiments from which these conclusions con-clusions are drawn, wheat, corn, barley and bran, have been used as feed. Of these, wheat, as a rule, has given the best results. Salt was always within reach of the pigs. The animals were fed with great regularity, and only just what they would eat up clean. We con Some Ideas of Management. In all occupations of life, be it 1 t among trauesmen, proiessions ui the mechanic, there is a sharp competition, and the man who economizes wisely is the one who is most likely to meet with success. It is a well established rule that in all industries where the standard products are put upon the market those produced at the smallest cost, as well as being of superior make, meet with the best success. The minimum cost is reached only after the most careful study and experi ments, and a thorough comprehen- ion of all details involved in pro duction. If the many mercantile, railroad, mining and other enter prises were conducted with as Httk lack of system as are many of the farms of the country they would meet with disaster in the most ag gravated form. It is astonishing and iucompre hensible how many farmers succeed in making a living and hold their farms free from mortgages under such management. No other busi ness under the sun could survive if carried on in a like manner. It certainly speaks volumes in favor duJe that pjgs (jd duHng the sum. of the tarm industry over any omer. i shoulJ be wel, and reularly I low much greater might be the aUowed thj nm of a j The feed preferred The Olttce Hoy. 'A man called here to thrash vou a anet's mother and explain matters to few ,mnutos affo " NEZ PERCE. POTLATOII, PALOUHK. These are the naruea of three great agricultural and fruit growing districts dis-tricts In Idaho and Washington. reached l)' the Northern Pacific railroad. They each adjoin the other an" together form a region hard to equal. The Polouse region lias been noted l"i Its marvelous grain production. Tito PotlaU'h country is anulagous to t nv- Palouse. The iWe .Winn lies south 'if the others and has unt il recently been a part of a gre.tt Indian reservation. 500,000 acres of it have heen thrown open to settlement and In lands can bo bought upon cheap prices Htnl terms. Write to Charles 8 Fee, Gen eral Passenger Agent, V P. H. II , HL Paul, Minnesota, or P. I), GlUti , General Agent, Spokane, for foM.. aud rates. Editor What did you say to him? "1 told him I was sorry you weren't la." N. Y. Journal. Mot Trepured. She You have kept me waiting long enough; you must marry me in three months. He Would you hurry me into etern-ftv? etern-ftv? N. Y. Recorder. Holing Passion la Death. Mrs. Coodove Did you know that old Fustian, the dry goods merchant, is dying by inches? Mr. Coodove la that so? Well, he won't last long. He always gave short measure. Puck. Of Coarse Mot. Foggs I hate to contemplate what will happen when women have the franchise. , . Hoggs Don't let that worry you any; no true woman would ever vote for a woman. N. Y. World The prejudice of the east against the west is cropping out in the agri cultural journals. They are advis. ing the fanners not to sow alfalfa, on the theory that nothing good can come out of the west. The farm may not be a mint but it is one of the safest investments. Many a man has tired of his faun and became bankrupt by abandoning abandon-ing it for an untried business proposition. A Iouhtful Compliment, Mrs. Asher How do you like our table? ta-ble? New Boarder I was just thinking aow little there wm left to be desired. N. Y. World. Eellable Information, "IU never be FfVd's wife." ''I knew that some time ago." 'Why, I never told yt.:" 'No; but Fred did,"-Life. Extiiuted honey, if hrouht to a tenipci at lire of not above 1S0 degrees de-grees Fahrenheit, bottied and scale! while hot will keep liquid for a i ii or inure, if kept at a uniform temtu-t .nu re ltning the time. There is a great difference in honey some will candy quicker than others. The riper that is the thicker - the honey the longer it will keep liquid. uccess both financially and other wise if a wise tconomy were used more prnerallv bv the farmer. Time, labor, seeds and oftimes motiev are thrown away because the farmer does not cultivate on economic and business principles; have his soil in a suitable condition, both in fertility and preparation seeds of the best quality and planted in good season. He must of a ne cesbity know how and what to feed his teams, that they may be able to do his work and to the best advant age. His farm implements should all be in good order for work when the proper season arrives for their use. The cultivation aad irrigation of crops should be thoroughly and timely, the harvesting promptly and carefully done. In following out all of the above idoas there would be neither wis dom nor economy if no provisions were made for .recreation. Neces sary and seasonable work must be done, yet it is wise and economy to once in a while "take a day off." When you are taking your day of rest leave your work and growing crops behind; you will feel all the better and with vigor renewed, be ready to take up where you left off. True economy and good management manage-ment demands a judicious rotation of crops, wisdom in knowing what to sell and when to sell products of the farm, what is best to feed, out on the farm, in plain words the farmer should understand and practice prac-tice such methods as will give the best possible results at the smallest possible cost. is wheat, but any gram is good, bait should be placed where the pig can get it. For greater safety, the salt should be mixed with wood ashes. Little Black Hear, a Ne Perce Indian, ot Oregon, has just swapped thirty head ot horses for a bicycle. Potato Culture. The United States Agricultural department has just issued a timely bulletin on potato culture, which contains the results of many experiments experi-ments regarding planting and the proper soil and tillage of this very important tuber. Many farmers think they know all about raising potatoes, and yet few but who can learn much by reading and care-1 fully studying this farmer's bulletin, bulle-tin, No. 35. It gives a concise treatise on the soil and of rotation best suited to its culture of the different varieties and also of cutting and planting the seed, the best plan to raise marketable market-able potatoes, and in fact, all that one may wish to know about the crop and its management. The potato has proven itself to be a substantial sub-stantial supplement to the escaler for food for cattle, hogs and other livestock raised on the farm. They contain such an amount of starch, which ks so easily extracted and can be used to furnish many forms of food, and material for the arts as well. From the summary of the bulle tin we select the following for the perusal of our readers: Soils A rich, sandy loam, well drained and well supplied with vegetable veg-etable matter, is the best for pota-toes. pota-toes. Stiffer soils should be made light with green manuring and deep plowing. If commercial fertilizers are used, those containing supcrphos- Substitution and Adulteration. The evils of food adulteration are so well known and so serious that' legislation is constantly being made more effective against them. The fraud of substituting oleo or filled cheese for honest dairy products has also been stopped by effective laws, so that the consumer may know just what he is buying and may pay only a fair price for it. But now the problem is how to prevent keepers keep-ers of drug stores from palming off some preparation of their own in place of goods that are guaranteed to be pure and wholesome, and which are put up in original pack ages, with the name and trade-mark of the manufacturer on it. No large and profitable sale can be obtained for any article which has not merit behind it. The advertiser ad-vertiser merely makes known the quality of the article he has to sell, and his profits come from the steady demand of retail customers, who find by experience that the article is what it is represented to be. He makes his goods on a large scale, saves all possible economies, and naturally can make the best article. But the keen competition of business busi-ness brings a constant pressure upon the retailer to substitute an inferior article for one on which there is a living profit. There is one aspect of the salt of substituted goods which the public certainly should know about. There are many non-secret manufacturers of drugs in this country who will put up an imitation of a medicine with the name and label of the local druggist who sells it, on every package. The druggist who buys these goods has no guarantee that they are pure, and as a matter of fact, they are frequently adulterated with comparatively harmless drugs, which cosl, however, much less than the real drug. The .manufacturer .manu-facturer would not care to sell them under his own name as pure because be-cause it would injure his reputation. If the druggist put them up himself, him-self, he probably would not have the skill, nor the deliberate dishonesty, dishon-esty, to substitute cheap goods for dear ones; but by shifting the responsibility, re-sponsibility, the fraud on the public is lost sight of. It is not the manu facturer's business; it is not the druggist's business, although they are sold under his name; a profit is made all around, and only the public pub-lic is the loser. . When you ask in a drug store for any particular article that you want and are put off with the answer that the druggist has another, made by himself, which is not only better bet-ter but cheaper, take care! You can always afford to pay a few cents more for that article which has a record of years of results back of it Ex. In speaking of the boys we would not forget the girls, bless their hearts. Encourage in them a love for that which is beautiful, flowers. Nothing shows the pride of a home so much as a flower garden. The writer has observed that many women and girls take an especial pride in the poultry. Give them a chance and see how much pin money or groceries will come into the house without worry to the father. X, |